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15 Fun Phrases Popularized During Prohibition

(via Mental Floss) Prohibition ended 85 years ago—on December 5, 1933— but the colorful colloquialisms it brought about will live

(via Mental Floss) On Veterans Day, 1921, President Warren G. Harding presided over an interment ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery

(via Popular Science) Two militaries, 16 divers and scientists, and a determined new agency wouldn’t rest until Eugene Ford’s body was

(via Smithsonian) On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the U.S. heard a report of mysterious creatures

(via Atlas Obscura) Parisian waiters had to fight for the right to manly whiskers.

(via Mental Floss) Constructed between the 12th and 14th centuries, Notre-Dame de Paris has centuries of French history built into

(via Atlas Obscura) Lunch wagons were the ancestors of the modern diner. While they served inexpensive eats, the wagons themselves

(via Mental Floss)You may have snaked through a long line of fellow tourists to trek to the observation deck for

(via Atlas Obscura) Food trends don’t usually incite extreme violence. But in early 20th-century America, the popularity of one recently

(via History.com) Observed on the first Monday in September, Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American

(via Great Big Story) Most of us town-and-city dwellers spend our days pounding hard, paved ground. But in Giethoorn, Holland,

(via Smithsonian) Maud, which sunk in Arctic Canada in 1930, was floated across the Atlantic to its new home in